Dear John,

Thanks to harmful chemicals and growing climate shocks, bees are dying at unprecedented rates. And the federal government is doing almost nothing about it. Which is why we are doing all we can to protect environments where pollinators can flourish… but we can’t do this alone. We’re the Chesapeake Climate Action Network/Action Fund — and we need you!

Help push Congress to ban bee-killing pesticides while fighting climate change. Donate $17 or more by midnight!

Pollinators are responsible for one in every three bites of food we eat. But widespread use of pesticides are killing bees in droves and wreaking havoc on our food systems. Meanwhile, big pesticide companies are spending millions of dollars to influence legislators to look the other way.

With your help, we are pressuring the US House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to combat bee-colony collapse. Thousands of activists have signed our letter demanding incentives — and mandates — for more organic farming. This dramatically reduces climate emissions while avoiding bee-killing chemicals.

Donate $17 or more by midnight to help us meet our goal to protect bees. We cannot stand by while big industries destroy our pollinators, and the plants we rely on. Help CCAN Action Fund fight bee poisoning and climate shocks through organic farming and clean energy.

Pollinators are essential for the very food that keeps us alive and yet they are facing attacks on multiple fronts. Last winter beekeepers experienced their biggest beehive loss on record. To date half of all farmed honeybee hives have been decimated. Wild pollinators are also under threat and are reported to be down by over 40 percent! Scientists are calling this an ecological Armageddon.

But pesticide use is not the only reason bee populations are in steep decline. Global temperature rise is adding undue stress to plant life, causing plants to flower out of season and confusing pollinators. These sustained seasonal disruptions are increasing the incidences of bee die-off, and may ultimately lead to reproductive failure of many plant species.

What's more, scientists report that as bees and other pollinators abandon habitats ravaged by fires, excessive heat and drought, they are having trouble moving their ranges to cooler and higher regions — further reducing their habitat and adding to their decline.

The link between a warming planet and bee decline couldn’t be more clear! We know that. Donate $17 or more by midnight to help us fight back.

Big Industry greed and government inaction are killing bees and threatening our food sources. We are doing everything we can to tackle this crisis. We need you to join our fight. Together we can save our pollinators our plants and our planet.

Standing with you,

Mike Tidwell

Founder and Director 
CCAN Action Fund